FOR SALE • Bear COVE FARM • $1,000,000

Bear Cove Farm Overview

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Peaceful solitude awaits the new owners of this 168-acre property nestled between the mountains, rivers and mystic shoreline of Alaska’s Kachemak Bay.

Bear Cove Farm is steeped in Alaskan history.  In the 1940’s, the founding homesteaders, pioneers to this rugged and awesome wilderness, carved out a small settlement consisting of a main house, cabins, shop, warehouse, small sawmill and the 1,250-foot airstrip sited on the north shore of a placid unnamed lake.

The Japanese current can temper the weather at times for milder winters and warmer summers.  Wildlife abounds with moose, bears, eagles, loons and ravens and much more.  Kachemak Bay teems with sea life, including salmon, halibut, trout, clams, whales, otters and seals.

This is a great opportunity for those who want to enjoy the peace, tranquility and serenity of nature upon the land and surrounded with Alaska’s beauty everywhere.

LOCATION:

The property is located approximately seventeen air miles northeasterly of Homer, Alaska on the south coast side of Kachemak Bay, near the north side of Bear Cove and east of Chugachik Island.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION:

TRACT A, BEAR COVE FARM SUBDIVSION, (A Resubdivision of U.S. Survey No. 3355 Lots 1-M, 1-N, 1-O, 2, 3, & Dickson Subd. Lot 17, Lot 19 & Associated Utility Esmt Vacations), according to Plat No. 2007-91, recorded in the Homer Recording District, Third Judicial District, State of Alaska.  KPB Tax Parcel Number is 19325018.

SIZE:

168.44 Acres

TYPE:

Vacant Land and Dwellings

ZONING:

The property is not zoned.  Use is Vacant Land and Dwellings.

UTILITIES:

The utilities available on the property are a spring for water, a septic system, a 15KW diesel generator and a telephone system.  Bottled propane is used for any gas requirements.

ENVIRONMENTAL:

Tract A, BEAR COVE FARM SUBDIVISION is being sold “AS-IS WHERE IS WITH ALL FAULTS”.

SOILS:

Tract A, BEAR COVE FARM SUBDIVISION is being sold “AS-IS WHERE IS WITH ALL FAULTS”.  Upon a fully executed Purchase and Sale Agreement, Owner will provide Purchaser a copy of the soils test conducted and completed in 1982 for the adjoining Dickson Subdivision.

Part of the eastern portion of Tract A, BEAR COVE FARM SUBDIVISION is wetlands.

TITLE:

Owner will provide Purchaser with a Preliminary Title Report upon a fully executed Purchase and Sale Agreement.

AGENCY DISCLOSURE:

This property is listed with PDS Realty, LLC.  The recipient of this information, if they will be represented by another Broker, should consult with their Broker regarding licensee disclosures prior to discussing this property with their Broker. PDS Realty, LLC and Shyamadeva Dandapani, CCIM represent the Owner.

DISCLAIMER:

See the Property Disclaimer below.

GETTING TO HOMER:

From Anchorage, drive south on the Seward Highway, a designated national scenic byway, and connect with the Sterling Highway.  It is 225 miles of paved highway through mountains and coastline.  The drive takes approximately four to five hours on dry roads and is open year-round.

An airline flight to Homer is 117 miles from Anchorage with daily commercial flights operating year-round.  There is regular scheduled shuttle service from Anchorage and seasonal shuttle service from Seward.  Once in Homer, there are car and bike rentals plus taxi services.

Homer is a port of call for the Alaska Marine Highway for travelers heading out to Kodiak and Dutch Harbor.  Once a month during the summer, the M/V Tustumena travels 400 miles along the Alaska Peninsula to the Aleutian Islands, stopping in six different villages: Chignik, Sand Point, King Cove, Cold Bay, False Pass, and Akutan.

Approximate Road Miles From Selected Cities in Alaska:
Anchorage - 225 miles; Seward - 171 miles; Cooper Landing - 133 miles; Kenai - 87 miles; Soldotna - 77 miles; Denali National Park - 462 miles; Fairbanks - 582 miles; Valdez - 528 miles and Haines - 1,000 miles.

ACCESS TO BEAR COVE FARM:

Access is by skiff or airplane.

By Skiff: Bear Cove Farm is private property and cannot be entered or inspected without the express written permission of the property Owner. Submit your completed ‘ONE-TIME PERMISSION FOR LANDING ON BEAR COVE FARM AIRSTRIP AND PROPERTY INSPECTION’ (See Sidebar for document) to the listing broker by email at or by fax 810-958-6220.

The property Owner has a running line at the Kachemak Bay beach where Dickson Drive, in Dickson Subdivision, ends by the lagoon.  The running line has been used and maintained by the property owner and the previous owner exclusively.  There are a total of three running lines from the beach.  The running line in the middle belongs to the property owner. 

Caution: A skiff needs to be equipped with an outboard, an outdrive or a tunnel drive (otherwise the boat will sit on the prop at low tide).  Be aware of the tide changes for the Seldovia District area.  A skiff should only access the running line from the beach for the property from the time of the incoming mid-tide to the outgoing mid-tide.  During the other twelve hours of the day, the tide is out to midway past Chugachik Island.  There are mussel beds, between Chugachik Island and the property Owner’s access beach, which are difficult to negotiate when the tide is lower than mid-tide.

By Airplane: The airstrip on the property is a private airstrip.  Landings on the airstrip are not permitted and cannot be used for inspecting or touring the property by any person via airplane, helicopter, ultra light, hang glider or skydiving without the express written permission of the property owner.  Submit your completed ‘ONE-TIME PERMISSION FOR LANDING ON BEAR COVE FARM AIRSTRIP AND PROPERTY INSPECTION’ (See Sidebar for document) to the listing broker by email at or by fax at 810-958-6220.

The only Owner-authorized Air Taxi Flight Service to the Bear Cove Farm’s airstrip is Homer Air, 2190 Kachemak Drive, Homer, Alaska 99603, Phone (907) 235-8591 or Toll Free (800) 478-8591 (within Alaska).

WILDLIFE:

“PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK”.  Many different types of wildlife reside on, near and around the property including moose, black bear, brown bear, wolf, fox, coyote, lynx, porcupine and rabbit.  One of the amazing wildlife points of interest is the same pair of loons has nested on the lake since 1981, raising one or two chicks each year.

HISTORY OF BEAR COVE FARM:

Owner will provide Purchaser with a copy of the “History of Bear Cove Farm” upon a fully executed Purchase and Sale Agreement.


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Please submit your request to the listing broker by email or phone 907-223-2144 or fax 810-958-6220.

MORE INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET:

City of Homer, Alaska:  http://www.ci.homer.ak.us/
Kenai Peninsula Borough:  http://www.borough.kenai.ak.us/
Kenai Peninsula Borough Economic Data:
http://www.borough.kenai.ak.us/Econ/1S_P%20data/Master%20Index.htm
Homer Alaska Chamber of Commerce:  http://www.homeralaska.org/
Kachemak Bay State Parks:  http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/parks/units/kbay/kbay.html
Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve: http://www.habitat.adfg.state.ak.us/geninfo/kbrr/index.html
Kachemak Bay Reserve, Alaska:  http://nerrs.noaa.gov/KachemakBay/welcome.html
Kachemak Bay Wildlife Viewing:
http://www.wildlife.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=viewing.kachemak
United States Government: Coast Guard Auxiliary Rescue 21:

DISCLAIMER

Bear Cove Farm – Tax ID: 19325018
Tract A, Bear Cove Farm Subdivision
36511 Dickson Drive
Bear Cove (Homer), Alaska 99603

This property is listed with PDS Realty, LLC.  The recipient of this information should consult with their Broker regarding licensee disclosures prior to discussing this property with their Broker.  PDS Realty, LLC, Shyamadeva Dandapani, CCIM represents the Owner.

The property Owner specifically makes no representations about the property.  The property is being offered for sale in its “AS-IS, WHERE IS, WITH ALL FAULTS” condition.

Although PDS Realty, LLC and Shyamadeva Dandapani, CCIM, have endeavored to include in this evaluation material information which they believe to be relevant for the purpose of helping a prospective Purchaser in its evaluation of the subject property for possible purchase, the recipient of these marketing materials understands and acknowledges that neither the owner nor PDS Realty, LLC nor Shyamadeva Dandapani, CCIM, makes any representation as to the accuracy or completeness of this marketing material.  The recipient of this information is strongly encouraged to consult professional engineers, attorneys, accountants, and/or other professionals with regards to the accuracy and veracity of this information.

The recipient of these marketing materials agrees that the owner, PDS Realty, LLC and Shyamadeva Dandapani, CCIM, shall not have any liability to the recipient of these marketing materials as a result of their use.  It is understood that the recipient is expected to perform, and is responsible for, such due diligence investigations and inspections of the subject property, including investigation of any environmental conditions, as the recipient deems necessary or desirable and as permitted by agreement with the Owner.

Distribution of this marketing brochure is absolutely not an offer to sub-agency from PDS Realty, LLC to other brokers.

This property is offered subject to prior offers, price changes, and/or withdrawal from the market without notice to prospective purchasers.